With temperatures soaring in Kalkan, nobody wants to turn on the oven to cook a meal.  So for the month of August, KTLN has come up with some great ‘no-cook’ food ideas which will be published weekly.  Here is our final recipe.

All the ingredients are available in Kalkan.

Remember, KTLN members can see lots of fantastic Turkish recipies every day in our Knowledge Bank, in the Culture, History & Language section.  Click on the following link to check them out: Turkish Cuisine

• 12 good size figs - either green or black
• 250 grammes crumbly white cheese (available from any supermarket or from Kalkan market on Thursdays)
• 1 bunch washed rocket
• 1 small packet shelled walnuts
• nar (pomegranate) essence - buy fresh from Kalkan market or commercially produced from local supermarkets

Method
Wash the figs and cut the top off to a depth of about 1.5 cm.  Then cut a cross through the fruit, almost, but not through to the bottom of the fig,  so that you can open it out into a star shape
 
Arrange half a dozen rocket leaves on each plate and place the opened figs on top
 
Crumble the white cheese and loosely stuff the inside of the figs with cheese
 
Scatter with half a dozen walnut halves
 
Lightly drizzle the figs and rocket leaves with the nar essence
 
Serve with crusty local bread.